Pre-op Mammogram Reduces The Need For Mastectomy In Women With DCIS
 

Over 60 per cent of women who have a form of breast cancer in the milk ducts (DCIS*) are spared a mastectomy, according to latest research published today in the British Journal of Cancer. Researchers for the Sloane Project** examined how the size of the DCIS - measured by both imaging and pathology - related to the surgeon's decision of whether to conserve or remove the breast...

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